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Chicago Duffy · Location not stated · Liability waiver
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What you’re agreeing to

This liability waiver runs to 1,576 words. A clause pass over its wording found provisions addressing arbitration & class-action waiver, media & likeness rights, release of liability and minor participation & consent. Each is shown below with the paragraph it was found in, quoted exactly as the document has it.

Disputes appear to go to arbitration rather than to a court.
Photographs or recordings of the signer may be used by the business.
The signer gives up the right to bring certain claims for injury or loss.
A parent or guardian signs on behalf of a child.
Assembled from fixed wording chosen by a clause pass over this document — no model read it. Educational only, not legal advice: the original wording is quoted under every point.

Key things to know

Arbitration & class-action waiverHigh attention
This section appears to require disputes to be resolved by arbitration instead of in court, and in some documents also gives up the right to take part in a class action.
Why this matters
Whether a clause like this binds you, and in what circumstances, depends on the jurisdiction and on how it was presented when you signed.
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Media & likeness rightsElevated attention
This section appears to permit the business to photograph or record participants and to use those images, in some documents including for promotional purposes.
Why this matters
Look at whether the permission is limited in time, in purpose, or to particular media.
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Release of liabilityModerate attention
This section asks the signer to give up the right to bring certain claims against the business, and in many documents also to cover the business’s costs if a claim is brought by somebody else.
Why this matters
This is the core of a waiver. What varies between documents is how far it reaches — which claims, whose conduct, and for how long.
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Minor participation & consentElevated attention
This document contains provisions signed by a parent or guardian on behalf of a child, including releases made on the child’s behalf.
Why this matters
States differ considerably on what a parent can agree to on a child’s behalf.
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